VOLUME 1, No 126 February 2010

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In this issue:
Solidarity - Way to Sustainable Political Decisions: ECAD Advisory Board met in Visé, a Belgium town in the close proximity of the coffee shops of Maastricht.
The Incredible President: Selection of publc statements made by the newly elected President of the EMCDDA reflects an erratic thought and a lack of reflection.
The Drug Situation in Norway: News in political regulations and situation on the illicit drug market.
Sudden deaths foil cocaine myth: 3% of all sudden deaths in Europe might be cocaine-related, a Spanish research says
& other articles!

 

VOLUME 10, No 125 December  2009

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In this issue: 
Another thing Europe does not agree on:
A unified approach to medical marijuana is very political and disputed topic. ECAD: director is being very specific about the importance of evidence for taking up this kind of debate in Wall Street Journal;

Deadly legal and cheap:
Mephedrone or "meow meow" is sweeping all over the house parties in Britain. Already banned in Sweden, Norway and Finland, the popular drug is listed as a top priority by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to be decided on early in 2010;

Cannabis damages young brains more than originally thought:
Canadian study focused on the root of cannabis influence on depression and anxiety among teens. Do you know what happens in the brains of teenagers when they use cannabis? Read more about it
& other articles!

VOLUME 8, No 123 October 2009

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In this issue: 
Malta welcomes ECAD Mayors to Gozo in April 2010:
Maltese government demonstrates willingness to cooperate and assist in organizing the conference on the island of Gozo

Effectiveness for community treatment for heroine and crack cocaine addiction in England:
Lancet presents the first effectiveness study of the main community interventions for the above addiction. Results impress American colleagues

Calls for Britain to license, regulate and tax illegal drug abuse:
Heroin available alongside cheap alcohol in local store? Sounds less like a solution to current problems and more like a social policy in search of a disaster! Read the statement of drug misuse research professor at the University of Glasgow Neil McKeganey
& other articles!

VOLUME 7, No 122 September 2009
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In this issue: 
Summer thoughts & strategy highlights: ECAD Director looks back at his first year in charge  
of the organisation.
Sweden's first baseline study on blood borne infections among injecting drug users in   
Stockholm: The Swedish capital has never had a needle exchange; how is the situation with the  
blood borne infections, then? The Study gives an answer. 
The Economic and Social Council of the UN: While the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 
CND, has meaningly omitted the term "harm reduction" in its Declaratrions, ECOSOC uses it. 
& other articles!